Thirty-two years ago at Watkins Glen, two Group 5 Lancia Beta Montecarlos held off 11 of Porsche's all-conquering 935s for an epic 1-2 victory. It was a classic moment in sports racing history, echoed in last weekend's six hours of Grand-Am road racing.

Grand-Am is made up of two series, each split into two categories. The junior varsity Continental Tire series is production-based with GS and ST cars. The top Rolex series has Daytona Prototypes shadowed by GT cars from manufacturers we've been dying to see competing in regular US road racing: Audi, Ferrari, Porsche, Corvette, BMW, Camaro, and rotary-powered Mazda. The schedule is filled with legendary tracks, as it should be in America, where we have more road course access than anywhere else in the world. Still, something's not quite right with the series.

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The Six Hours of the Glen was not bad. Four prototypes swapped the lead twelve times in the race, and eight different GT cars changed first place in class no less than eighteen times. The Magnus Porsche caught fire for the second time in two races, and a Camaro won something. This was all happening at the beautiful Watkins Glen, where we used to hold the US Formula One Grand Prix before it became a shit show.

And still the racing was dull. Porsches won most of every race and the division between the small and big-engined cars wasn't clear at all, leaving weaker Lancias to win their two championships on points.

So if people can idolize and love those fundamentally boring races of Group 5, they can certainly love Grand-Am today. Click through the excellent pictures of Trevor Andrusko and Halston Pitman of MotorSportMedia and you'll see what we mean. There's also some in-car action from the #31 Corvette with none other than Boris Said at the wheel, just so you can enjoy some racing V8 noise.

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